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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-10-27
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Tobacco Crop.

News concerning the tobacco crop is
of interest to some of our readers A
Cincinnati paper refers to the expecta-
ton of limited crop on account of the
drought and the supposed curtailment
of acreage. Itsays that dealers in leaf
tobacco have taken advantage of this
situation. and have readily been able
to work up ''boom" in values of the
old stock, which has mostly left the
hands of the growers. In the July re-
port of the Department of Agriculture
there was an indicated reduction of III
per cent. in the acreage this season COM
pared with last year-Virginia being
reported at rs. Kentucky IS, North
Carolina 80, Connecticut, Ohio and
Illinois IS, Missouri and West Vir-
ginia 60 Indiana 90, Tennessee. Wis
consin and Massachusetts, 95, Arkan-
sas and Pennsylvania 49, Maryland
and New York SO. The estimates of
area were undoubtedly based partly
on expected planting, which to more
or less extent was interfered with by
the unfavorably dry weather, so that
later reports of the department may
be expected to show smaller area
than originally indicated. In the
meantime men in tho trade have pro-
mulgated estimates, cutting the area
down to about half that of last
year. lnasmuch as these
axyl,s hnry fnd frayy
parties interested, there is some mar
gin for inference that they are not
wholly impartial. That large reduc-
ton has occurred is evident, and that
much of the crop has had serious
drawbacks from the unfavorableness
of the season is also quite true.
The later estimates and indications
in regard to area in tobacco this season
have suggested so much greater reduc-
ton than the first of July inform alton
of the Department of Agriculture that
severe language has been offered
through various public channels con-
corning the statistician, under whose
supervision this official work is done.
1t is proper that any shortcomings in
the service of the department should
be overhauled and shown up, but in
considerate. loose and extravagant talk,
evidently designed to promote the in
terest of parties Immediately concerned
in the effects of an exaggerated view
of matters is without reason and in
very bad taste.
The crops of tobacco In the United
States for ten years ending with 1885,
and the estimated farm value, have
been reported by the Department of
Agriculture as follows:
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-10-27
HERE AND THERE.

Watermelon have been mors
numerous and cheaper in Tennessee
than ever known before.
Most of the farm work in SoutherI
States is done by mules. This leave
horses free TO run races at agriculture
fairs, where racing is the most prom
nent feature. o. PicGyune. !.
To give a gloss to the plumage =
fowls intended for exhibition, fea|
hemp seed or sun-flower seed; hane|
full to every six fowls. once q DAY. I
plenty.
If you keep Leghorns. Hambursssl
or any of the smaller varieties 2
fowls, feed them all they will eat; Ou|
if you have Brahmas or Cochlns y
careful of overlooking. !.
Indications are that potatoes VII
bring high price long before sprins|
They are scarce at seventy cents III
bushel in car lots at St. Louis slresu,
Two dollars per barrel at wbolesaa|
rates in New York City is ALREADY |
frequent. quotation. Prices are ny
in the local markets OF towns Of -
State. Mic htgas Farmer. Vi
1t pays the beginner to culi u
poultry closely. 1t is far better 70 !
duce a flock down to even five femao
and have them first-class than 70 nav
ten with half of them very indineieD
specimens. With judicious cul''4
and proper mating it requires pa'
few seasons to bring the stock up "
high grade. Breed only the best e'ol
if the mum Der is few.
"A correspondent writes III
Henry County, Tenn. that ne ha
cow twenty-four years old. has naa
calf in ten years; has been alloweu
go dry two different times, but brous
back TO milk in the spring. one
low the finest and healthiest looAius
cow in this country and giving one " Y,
half gallons of milk daily. =
father and mother commenced hoa'.
keeping thirty five years ago WIN E
grandmother. farmers Home ssae
nal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-10-27
The Nerve Power of Oats

Oats are said by scientist whohas
brought his battery to bear ON a horse
to have an exciting power. The effects
on the nerves and muscles were tested
after eating oats and compared with
their excitability before eating. Ola
horsemen know that oats will make
horse more lively or active than auy
other grain. They contain nerve and
muscle food. or the elements to supnlv
the wear and waste of these paris
and no doubt they stimulate them also
They contain, according to this author.
ity nitrogenized substance peculiar
to themselves. All oats contain hi,
peculiar property, but the black
oats have the most. When
oats are ground the exciting effect |,
reduced in strength and duration, but
its effects are more active. Thi,
peculiar substance is called ayenine
The soil where oats are grown makes /.
difference In the amount of avenin,
produced. Further investigation mus
be made to determine the kind of sol
best adapted to produce the nerve
power of the oats. This is getting
farming down to fine point Here is
an opening for the jockeys II they
had the secret and could select their
oats. how they might skip by the other
fellows who thought one oat was as
good as another. The weight Of the
meat of the oat does not make the diff
ference, as the substance is just under
meath the skin and not apparent with
out analysis. Form Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-10-27

THREE friendships are advantageous
friendship with the upright, friendship
with the sincere, and friendship with the
man of observation. Three are injurious
friendship with the man of specious airs.
friendship with the insinuatingly soft, and
friendship with the glib-Iongued-
fucius.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-10-27

teeth. he Travelled all night, during
which time his trousers became loose
and dropped around his feet. He kicked
off his shoes and the trousers, and at six
o'clock was found lying unconscious
near Mexican cabin. He was taken
to hospital and is getting well.
An American mother travelling in
France offered half-fare ticket for her
son, who lacked several months of the
full-fare age. The collector looked
suspiciously at the child and at her.
Your son, is he under seven, madame?"
He is, monsieur" your son is very
large for his age, madame" "He is,
monsieur. "Your son is altogether too
large for his age, madame" snapped
the man, exasperated at the Americans
GOODNESS. ''Oui, monsieur, that may
be," retorted the mother, calmly. He
is not French, you see."
-Four weeks ago Farmer C. S. Van
Horne, of Mill Point, N. Y, went home
from the wheat field with sore throat
The soreness increased, the throa,
swelled and nothing gave relief. Then
the soreness disappeared from the in
side. and with swelling appeared on
the outside of the throat, and finally a
few days ago the cause of all this dis
comfort was apparent when the SWELL
ing broke and from it came wheat
beard an inch long. Van Horne had
taken it into his mouth, it had lodged
in his throat and then worked its way
through.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21
Concerning Women.

1t is said that in Kirwin, Kansas. only
three women could be found who would
sign petition asking for liquor permit.
The law requires the signatures of twenty
FIVE women before drug store can sell
it.
An old lady who lately died in Vienna
left her property, valued at thirty thou
sand forms, to her nineteen-year-oldn niece.
on condition that the latter should never
wear clothes of any other cut than those
worn by her aunt. The niece accepted
the conditions.
Nine. Dieulafoy, who received the Cross
of the Legion OF Honor from the French
government for the help she gave her
husband in his explorations among the
ruins of Susa, has taste for masculine
attire. She found long skirts inconvenient
at Susa, and adopted clothes better suited
to the work. The other night she shocked
Paris by appearing at the theatre in
masculine dress, with the Cross of the
Legion of Honor on her breast.
Charlotte Reed, of Falls Church. Vir-
ginia. has recently gone into business as a
florist, and is meeting with exceptional
success. During the war, while yet a
child, Miss Reed went alone and unpro-
tected into the Confederate lines in search
of her father. who was missing. and found
his remains, where he had been killed by
the bush-whackers two days before. With
the help of a colored man, she brought the
body within the Union lines and thence to
the bereaved family. From that hour she
became the stay and support of an invalid
mother and blind sister. She provided
every comfort for her mother, who has re-
Gently died, besides furnishing means for
the training and education of her sister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21
City and Country.

In answer to the old question, (Which
is the better place to bring up a child in.
the city or the country" the New York
World makes these sensible remarks:
Something depends upon the child, very
much upon jhc parents and not "A little up
on the circumstances under when the
bringing up must be done. In The
matter of health and the formation of
sound physical and moral constitution
which is the most important thing of all
- a country life is undoubtedly the better.
other things being equal. Bv "other
things" we mean food, clothing and care
Many country children grow up thin and
sallow and diseased through lack of plop
er food, and the ignorance or lnattention
of their parents as to the laws of health
while many city children are plump, rosy
and healthy rs the result of conotau: in
telligent care in their rearing. Bat the
country air and freedom are as natural and
almost as necessary for the normal dcvei-
opment of children as tor the proper
rearing of colts. Country-bred children
learn, too. facts about nature and men and
industries and our republican institutions
and the true democratic spirit which are
denied to city children. Happy is the
man or woman whose early years were
spent in Gods country" and who was
50 constituted and 50 situated as u re-
ceive the full benefit of the privilege.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21

est approach to beauty in any way com.
patible with the materials granted her
(not too lavisbly) by nature. Her French
dressmaker had once remarked. with the
approval of an artist whose efforts are too
often wasted upon purblind generation.
that Miss Lawton had the govt somewhat
tapageur, but that she was interesting to
dress, nevertheless, because she was so
responsive"
In some wav Vane felt grateful to her
at that moment for looking so we'll. 1t
seemed to put him more at rights with
himself.
(Tc be continued
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21
TO BOOTHBAY
STEAMER PERCY ""


Will commence the season on THURSDAY,
JUNE 9th 1857, and, until further notice will
as follows:
Leave Augusta every TUESDAY and THURSDAY
at Z A NJ; Hallowell at 7.20., Gardiner at 7.45 ;
Richmond at $50; Bath at lO.15 touching at Mouse
leland Capital Island, Squirrel Island Ocean Point,
and arriving in Boothbay at 1870. Leave Augusta
every Saturday at O'Clock p. NJ.
RETURNING-Leave Boothbay every MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at A. NJ; Ocean Point
at Is; squirrel Island at 80; Capitol Island at
40; Nous" Island nj 80; Bath AT 10, Richmond
at 1875; Gardner at II 40: Haowell at 1910, ar
irving in Augusta at 1880.
FARES-Augusta to Hallowell cents; Augusta
to Gardiner ID cents-round trip % cent? Halo
well 10 Gardiner 10 cents-round trip Is cents. Au
gusta, Hallowell and Gardiner TO Richmond, 20
cents-round trip so cents. Augusta. Hallowell and
Gardiner 10 Bath, 80 cents-round trip 75c. Rich
mond TO Bath 80 cents-round "trip SO cents. Angus
Ia, llallowel and Gardiner to Boothbay and the Is
lands, 800 round trip, $3.50. Bath to Boothbay
and the lelands, 40 crnts-round trip 20 cents.
Richmond TO Boothbay and the Islands, 60 cents
round trip, 81 90.
Thi- time table will b. subject to change after the
steamer has run over the route II few times, and
entirely reliable time table given for each landing.
20. VlCKERY, Proprietor.
Augusta June 8, 1857. II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21

~ANTcn LADIES and GENTI.rwy~
w NW LU who wish steady empiovnnN
to take nice light work at your home and mai meat
lily from LOO 10 81 90 day. You shonh ~
dress with stamp ~
CR0wN MFG CO. 2si Vine ST.. Cincinnati, On.
my27d&w4w "ao.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21
DR.. BOOTHS LITTLE PILLS

Sick Headache, Constipation. Dyspepsia Distress
after Eating, Dizziness. Nausea, Drowsiness,
Pain in the Side, Coated Tongue, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Sallow Skin, and all dis
orders caused by a bilious state of the system
They do this without disturbing the stomach or
purging the bowels, and there is pain gripping or
discomfort attending their use 1t is no longer nee
esssry to scour ones insides out with the old fash
Toned purgative pills. and ihey fast giving way
to the gentle action Of this mid and pleasant rem.
edy.
Booths Little Pills entirely unlike all other
pills, and are marvel to all who use them. They
are very small, strictly vegetable. and the dose il
only one or two pills, they adily taken by young
or old without thought of the presence of medf.
cine 1T Won try them will certainly be pleased.
In vials AT rs cents each for &l.O0. Sold By
dealers everywhere or sent by mail.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21
Nfm advertisements.

~bN1eN LADIES TO WORK n. -.
w IN cU at their homes. 81 10 sio NO .or us
can be quietly made. No photo painting! no s 's
wasting. Fer full particulars please address a, an
Box 5i7o. iunssaa,M sss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21
No internal OF external pain can exist
WHERE MlNAR0'S LlNlMENT RS,

Whatever the cause, be it BURN or BRUISE,
STRAIN or SPRAIN. CUT or SCALD; Be the suf
fering from Contractions or Swellings. Gripes or
Cramps, in man or beast, this KING OF PAIN al.
ways cures. YACHTSMEN and HORSEMEN, re.
member the name: AINARDS LINIMENT.
Large Bottles only Is cents Sold BY all drsggists
Prepared BY NELSON 4 CO., Boston, Mass.
iaAlAkWiy n eAWU
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-21

The Keunebec journal establishment is prepared
all tines to give immediate attention to orders OF
any kind of book or job printing. We have every
presses, large quantities of paper stock, and the
Attest styles of type. Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
gA0TS F0A eAaaaERa

lst ~ watsv given > nilch cou
!, sisar - para
The average hog nets eighty per
..nt Of his eross weight
Matched teams 20 far ~ appear.
.,ces 90, are very desirable upon the
se.d but to the average farmer 1t ID
.,ore desirable to have the teams
,ssted equally in gait and strength.
"A driven we'll can be put down iu
..ndy or loose soil At less cost than /,
..kes to dig and brick up An ordinary
-elL while the water will be pure and
iree from decaying toad and insects.
Wheat At eighty or ninty cents q
bushel, is cheaper food for horses than
o.ts at usual price. and quite as safe
vben ground and mixed with cut hay
ar straw. II too heavy all one has ia
do to tighten 1t is to put in more bran.
Feed straw alone 10 stock. sell the
grain and buy superphosphate and you
are well started on the road to ruin, is
the way . well-known up.country
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The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
KEEPING POULTRY.
FONTS for Farmers Who Desire 10 Make
Their Hens Pr 0ftablo.

tOints for Farmers Who Desire 10 Make
Their Hcns Pr oAtablo.
inherited the notion that poultry,
to do well. must be kept on the
ground. But that idea is exploded by
tho practice Of some Of the most suc-
cessful persons engaged in producing
eggs and chickens. Dampness is al
ways to be avoided, and nothing will
put hens ont Of condition sooner for
laying than a damp, mussy place.
and nothing Is more deleterious to
young chicks. The law, which must
not be violated. will explain to many
why eggs are few even where food is
plenty, and why pining and destruc.
tive diseases will always set in and
carry off the young chicks. We must
start them with floors in the coops and
in the henneries. In the coops this
will prevent the mother hen from
scratching and SO killing tho little
chicks Tie necessity for dirt ba tn,
which every setting hen feels, must be
provided for by good busting with
powdered sulphur to kill the vermin,
and this should be done few days
before Matching, SO that these pests
will not torment and kill the little fol-
lows when hatched.
The most perfect hennery is one
with apartments where the hens may
find all Of the privileges Of outdoors,
except the cold and wet. The living
room should lie light and CHEEKY and
have the floor we'll sprinkled with
rowen or young clover cut fine, and
here the regular meals should be served
with appropriate order; and not in any
hap-hazsrd style. There should be a
variety Of food. remembering that an
egg Is a complete food and can not be
made all out Of one thing There is
very little fat In it, hence the hens
should not be confined entirely to corn
to make egg material. Unless in per-
feet health they will not lay. and to
produce this condition the owner must
consider that there must be change
from grain to vegetables and also q
little meat The vegetables should be
chopped fine, and occasion ally cooked
for q change. Pounded oyster or clam
shells win supply material for the egg
shells as we'll y bits Of hard material
to aid In the digestion; burned and
pounded bone will answer the same
purpose. ~
with 4 dust bata, consisting Of a
box not less thaa three feet square and
. foot deep, and ample provision for
clean drinking watsr. the living-room
lmsy be Csasidsrsd. ~ completely fur.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19
&c. r, R. TIME TABLE.

A fiue new Wilson Sewing Machine
complete with all the latest attach.
ments and improvements, for sale
cheap. Come around aud give US .
bid. Apply to the junior editor Of
this paper.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

The working arrangements between
the Mississippi and Tennessee and
Illinois Central Railroads nsures the
prompt handling of Freight business
forwarded over the Mississippi and
Tennessee Railroad shipments reach
ing destination following day of de-
livery at Memphis depot.
Business consigned to the care of the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
at Memphis meets with dispatch via
this route.
We solicit your business, and request
your calling upon agents for infor.
nation, etc.
See that your Tickets read over the
.Mississippi &Tennessee Railroad
Ask agents for it.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

This train will stop at all flag stations
New Orleans mail north will stop at
Love, Nesbit, Horn Lake and White
haven to put OFT passengers holding
tickets to these points from stations
south of Sardiy Southbound this
train will stop at said points when
Gagged by agent to take or passen-
gers south of Sardis.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-11-19

Schedule in Effect june 9Th, 1887.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-04
JUBILEE OF 4 METHODIST CHURCH.

CELEBRATING ITS REMOVAL FROM THE BOWERf
VILLAGE TO YORKvILLE.
The Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church VIII
celebrate the tortcth anniversary OF its removal from
the Bowery Village to Yoikvlle next Sunday. In
the morning the psstcr, the Rev. DIR. >. NJ king VIII
deliver an historical address and the sermon VIII DO
preached by the Rev. DIR. j. NJ. Buckley, OF The
Christian Advocate" At p. IN. thore will DO re-
union of present and former officers, teachers and
scholars ct the sunday-sehcol and at O'clock
in the evening Bishop w. L. Harris will preside at
meeting when addresses VIII DC deIiyered py
the Rev. DR.. j. t. Gorso, the Rev. ID. Luli, the Kew
Dr. A. D. Vail and the Rev Dr. A. o. ralmer ,hO wed wee
ning ana Oh Thursday evening there VIII DC recop
ton and social reunion followed by an entsrtainmen
THIS church traces it's history back to the hrst Meth
odst Episcopal churc in America Inch was erected
in John. Ut. in 1867 Thence 10 the Bowcry village
Church in 1918, and IN 1887 to forkvilie AT Eshty
sixtn-st and PaIk-ave. The building here, which was
erected fifty Years ago. was modest w0"oen buihg
q story and hall high and was known al the Eighty
sixth Street Methods. Episcopal Church In looI,
when the need OF q more durable building became
evident, the old church was demolished ana piick
building was erected and dedicated January 80
cane evident that a larger and better building was
necessary. and three years ago the handsome con.e
now known as the Park Avenue Me'hoo''' rP'''p''
Church was dedicated. - c,,
The officers beside the pastor arc trustees, Charles
H. Keys. prc,dent W. A; Owen. secretary John ].
Young treasurer; John H. Hpss o. Mason ihprp,
Bcaron: stewards, r. G. Keys, :. c. Pullman. f. J..
TiChenor. George Kelly, Thomas Fletcher, T. W.
Turner, William Betty, Nathaniel Wise, Charles W.
Erskine j. H. Ferdvn and 4. J. Palmer class leaders,
evils De Groh, Hollis Holman, w. A. Owen. a; IL.
Jollie and John wes,ervelt supern.enden. OF sun
William A. Owen. Michael l.. Ryan, William II, Storrs
and Benjamin Wilson; oIhoriers EGbcrt Winkler and
James l.. Howard The pastors since 1890 have Dee 81
Tsctaberry & ii. Clark S. W. Fisher, Ebert Osborn.
Richard Seaman. Samuel A. Seaman William NICK.
bangs. Amos n. MolyneanI Benjamin Eod ord, Beaa ,
liam a browning LOYAL Is. Andrus, Salmon Z. Perry,
A. NJ. Osbon, Poietiah Ward, stephen ID. Brown. H.
Lounsbery, A. NJ. Osbon John f. Gorse Stephon ~
Brown De Los Lull. Albert ID. Vail, Aor nam ..
Palmer Albert d. Vail. Abraham J. Palmer. James NJ
King.